Fixed issue with String.split not removing separator. Added `String…

….join` class method.

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "HTMLString",
   "description": "An HTML parser written in JavaScript that's probably not what you're looking for.",
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.0.5",
   "keywords": [
     "html",
     "parser"

spec/html-string-spec.js

@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@
   describe('HTMLString.String.split()', function() {
     return it('should split a string by the separator and return a list of sub-strings', function() {
       var string, substrings;
+      string = new HTMLString.String(' ', true);
+      substrings = string.split(' ');
+      expect(substrings.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(substrings[0].length()).toBe(0);
+      expect(substrings[1].length()).toBe(0);
       string = new HTMLString.String(quotes.Kernighan).trim();
       substrings = string.split('a');
       expect(substrings.length).toBe(11);

src/spec/html-string-spec.coffee

@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ describe 'HTMLString.String.split()', () ->
 
     it 'should split a string by the separator and return a list of \
         sub-strings', () ->
+        string = new HTMLString.String(' ', true)
+        substrings = string.split(' ')
+        expect(substrings.length).toBe 2
+        expect(substrings[0].length()).toBe 0
+        expect(substrings[1].length()).toBe 0
+
         string = new HTMLString.String(quotes.Kernighan).trim()
 
         substrings = string.split('a')

src/strings.coffee

@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class HTMLString.String
             if limit > 0 and count > limit
                 break
             index = @indexOf(separator, lastIndex)
-            if index == -1 or index == (@length() - 1)
+            if index == -1
                 break
             indexes.push(index)
             lastIndex = index + 1
@@ -431,12 +431,16 @@ class HTMLString.String
         # Build a list of sub-strings based on the split indexes
         substrings = []
         for i in [0..(indexes.length - 2)]
-            substrings.push(@slice(indexes[i], indexes[i + 1]))
+            start = indexes[i]
+            if i > 0
+                start += 1
+            end = indexes[i + 1]
+            substrings.push(@slice(start, end))
 
         return substrings
 
     startsWith: (substring) ->
-        # Return true if the sub=string starts with the specified string
+        # Return true if the string starts with the specified substring
 
         # Compare to text
         if typeof substring == 'string'
@@ -588,17 +592,24 @@ class HTMLString.String
 
     # Class methods
 
+    @decode: (string) ->
+        # Decode entities within the specified string
+        textarea = document.createElement('textarea')
+        textarea.innerHTML = string
+        return textarea.textContent
+
     @encode: (string) ->
         # Encode entities within the specified string
         textarea = document.createElement('textarea')
         textarea.textContent = string
         return textarea.innerHTML
 
-    @decode: (string) ->
-        # Decode entities within the specified string
-        textarea = document.createElement('textarea')
-        textarea.innerHTML = string
-        return textarea.textContent
+    @join: (separator, strings) ->
+        # Join a list of strings together
+        joined = strings.shift()
+        for s in strings
+            joined = joined.concat(separator, s)
+        return joined
 
 
 # Constants